{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-world-christianity-isbn-9781405153768","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of essays that explore a range of topics relating to the rise, spread, and influence of Christianity throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures contributions from renowned scholars of history and religion from around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the origins and global expansion of Christianity over the course of two millennia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide range of themes relating to Christianity, including women, worship, sacraments, music, visual arts, architecture, and many more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the development of Christian traditions over the past two centuries across several continents and the rise in secularization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLamin Sanneh and Michael J. McClymond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Historical Section 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. The Roots (50–1750 ce)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Jewish and Hellenic Worlds and Christian Origins 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn J. Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The “Triumph” of Hellenization in Early Christianity 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWendy Elgersma Helleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ancient Eastern Christianity: Syria, Persia, Central Asia, and India 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott W. Sunquist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Christianity and the European Conversions 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomás O’Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Byzantium and Islam in the Mediterranean World 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames C. Skedros\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Medieval Synthesis: Religion, Society, and Culture 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph P. Huffmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Early Modern Missions and Maritime Expansion 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFelipe Fernandez-Armesto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Bibles, Printing, Books, Churches 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLori Ferrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey Klaiber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB. Issues in the Modern Period (1750–2000 ce) 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 The Legacy of Christendom 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip Jenkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Slavery, Antislavery, and Christianity: Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Schmidt-Nowara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Medicine, Agriculture, and Technology in the Missionary Enterprise 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher H. Grundmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Schools and Education in the Missionary Enterprise 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Etherington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Conversion, Converts, and National Identity 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Church and State Relations in the Colonial Period 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Stanley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Ideologies, the Quest for a Just Society, and Christian Responses 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGovert Buijs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Ecumenical Movement: Why Violence, Why Not Peace? 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan van Butselaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Vatican II: Renewal, Accommodation, Inculturation 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter C. Phan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Christian Revival and Renewal Movements 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. McClymond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Thematic Section 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Bible Translation, Culture, and Religion 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLamin Sanneh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Christianity and Interreligious Encounters 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Ganeri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Women in Church, State, and Society 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngelyn Dries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Worship, Liturgy, Sacraments 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Wainwright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Freedom, Persecution, and the Status of Christian Minorities 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Christianity and “Western Classical” Music (1700–2000) 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Music in the Newer Churches 359\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Schrag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Visual Arts in World Christianity 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolker Küster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Church Architecture Worldwide since 1800 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid R. Bains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Charismatic Gifts: Healing, Tongue-Speaking, Prophecy, and Exorcism 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. McClymond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Changing Uses of Old and New Media in World Christianity 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJolyon Mitchell and Jeremy Kidwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Global Evangelical and Pentecostal Politics 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Freston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Christianity Since 1800: An Analysis by Regions and Traditions 449\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The Middle East and North Africa, I: Egypt and North Africa 451\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Berbary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 The Middle East and North Africa, II: Christians in the Ottoman Empire and in Bilad al-Sham 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouad Slim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 African Christianity: Historical and Thematic Horizons 468\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLamin Sanneh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Christianity in Western Europe 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Russia and Eastern Europe 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott M. Kenworthy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Latin America and the Caribbean 511\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Dove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 North America 523\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmanda Porterfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 South Asia 535\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChandra Mallampalli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 China 546\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel H. Bays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia 561\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Nelson Jennings, Yong Kyu Park, and Antolin V. Uy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Christianity in Australia and Oceania (ca. 1800–2000) 575\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuart Piggin and Peter Lineham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 The Historical Development of Christianity in Oceania 588\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eManfred Ernst and Anna Anisi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Roman Catholicism since 1800 605\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas P. Rausch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Orthodoxy and Eastern Christianity 617\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn A. McGuckin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Anglicanism 628\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Protestantism 641\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlister McGrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 653\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllan H. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Indigenous and Vernacular Christianity 664\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichèle Miller Sigg, Eva M. Pascal, and Gina A. Zurlo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Expansion and Secularization: A Demographic and Statistical Analysis 683\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 The Transmission of Christian Faith: A Reflection 685\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Walls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 The Demographics and Dynamics of the World Christian Movement 699\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTodd M. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Christianity in Europe and North America: Decline, Transition, or Pluralization? 719\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 733\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLamin Sanneh\u003c\/b\u003e is the D. Willis James Professor of World Christianity and of History at Yale University. He is the author of more than 200 articles and a dozen books on Islam and Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael McClymond\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Modern Christianity at Saint Louis University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFamiliar Stranger: An Introduction to Jesus of Nazareth\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Religious Revivals in America\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Theology of Jonathan Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSanneh and McClymond have accomplished a major feat, assembling under one cover a comprehensive collection of learned essays on World Christianity’s periods, themes, regions and issues, all addressed by an outstanding panel of experts.  Anyone who intends to learn more about this field needs to have this book close at hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel A. Carpenter, Calvin College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI found it a truly impressive volume, amazingly comprehensive, up-to-date, expertly researched and quite readable. A book like this is important in large measure because of the massive geographical and cultural shift of Christianity from Euro-America to the “Southern” or “two thirds” world. By acquainting the reader with the history of Christianity in these regions it alerts us about what to watch for in the future. This collection should be on the easy-to-reach shelf of anyone seriously interested in Christianity in the 21st century and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarvey Cox, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMcClymond and Sanneh have gone to the ends of the earth and mobilized experts from a plurality of perspectives. The result is a veritable Pentecost in which many voices – occidental and oriental, male and female, senior and up-and-coming academics – harmonize toward an interdisciplinary and intercultural state-of-the-question that is comprehensible to English readers in their own idiom. The next generation of scholarship on global Christianity begins here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSanneh and McClymond have produced a splendid book that maps the field of World Christianity. The volume assembles a stellar group of leading and younger scholars. Their essays are just right—learned and readable, long enough for depth, and broad enough to cover major trends. Rare for a reference book, \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be read cover to cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana L. 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